US government foreign assistance health programs are currently focused on combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, which account for several million deaths each year across Africa. The United States should prioritize sustaining the hard-won gains in disease control, which requires focusing on programs with proven track records of success and addressing failures within those programs.

President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to double U.S. foreign aid, and Representative Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has stated that foreign aid reform will be on the agenda of the 111th Congress. Yet the field of development has changed significantly over the past decade,...

Ranbaxy continues to supply the developing world with drugs that are not checked for quality.

Ranbaxy continues to supply the developing world with drugs that are not checked for quality.

President George W. Bush's memoir details key decisions made during his presidency.

Americans should be proud that while Europeans sneer and activists shout, the United States does something significant to fight AIDS.

Ensuring that there are profits to be made from HIV/AIDS is probably the best way to keep companies investing and researching.

Many aid groups who purchase generic drugs for developing countries do not require evidence of bioequivalence.